Data are updated frequently. Latest update: May 12, 2018

Click the down arrows▼next toYear▼,Make▼,Model▼, Style▼and then press GO to see the safety evaluation for your vehicle.

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See the InformedForLife.org Safety Evaluation for Your Vehicle

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►2.)The safest vehicles are represented by the intersection of the circles

The safest vehicles are rated 5-STARS OVERALL by NHTSA, and meet TOP SAFETY PICK criteria by IIHS as defined for model-year 2017. These vehicles also have BETTER THAN AVERAGE WEIGHTCOMPATIBILITY**. Note that some vehicles rated 5-Stars overall by NHTSA have frontal or side ratings of only 4-Stars or a rollover rating of only 3-Stars. These vehicles do not meet the safest criteria and have been excluded from the safest vehicles list. Also excluded from the safest list are those vehicles with a front crash prevention system rated below Superior by IIHS--- despite being categorized as TOP SAFETY PICK.

*SAFETY CATEGORIES:

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A.) SAFEST: all crash ratings in top quartile and NHTSA static rollover risk 4/5-Stars (no greater than the average rollover risk for an SUV class vehicle) and multi-vehicle crash factor less than 1.0 (driver fatality rate based on class/weight is below the rate of the average passenger vehicle) and headlamp performance rated better than poor and front crash prevention system rated 5/6 (designated "superior" by IIHS which means frontal impact speed is reduced at least 10 m.p.h.) Note that the IIHS frontal impact-small overlap passenger side rating is a very recent test and ratings are only available for a very limited number of vehicles and therefore is excluded from the safety criteria at this time.

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B.) LEAST SAFE: any crash rating in the bottom quartile and/or NHTSA static rollover risk 1/2/3–Stars (which is above the average risk for an SUV class vehicle) and/or multi-vehicle crash factor above 1.20 (driver fatality rate based on class/weight is at least 20 percent higher than the rate for the average passenger vehicle). Note: A vehicle is not classified as least safe if its only deficiencies are IIHS frontal crash prevention system score and headlamp performance rating.

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C.) REDUCED SAFETY: a vehicle that is not LEAST SAFE but has a least one crash rating between the top and bottom quartiles and/or multi-vehicle crash factor between 1.00–1.20 and/or IIHS frontal crash prevention system score less than 5 and/or IIHS headlamp performance rated poor.

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D.) SAFETY INDETERMINATE: any rating unknown, however, all known ratings meet the safest criteria.

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(For descriptions of vehicles used to perform crash tests use the search tool above to lookup individual vehicles.)

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**The MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH Factor is the ratio of the driver fatality rate for a vehicle based solely on its class and weight versus the average driver fatality rate for all passenger vehicles in multi-vehicle crashes (23 deaths per million registered vehicle-years). It is a measure of vehicle compatibility. The relative weight of a vehicle compared with one it collides with in a head-on crash is a critical determinant of the forces the occupants are subjected to, however, neither size or weight are evaluated in crash test ratings and must be assessed separately.